# European Union Government Debt to GDP

European Union Government Debt to GDP was 82.9% in Q2 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 1.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 77.4% (Q4 2019) to 91.4% (Q1 2021), averaging 82.9%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (106 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 82.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 82.5% |
| Q4 2025 | 81.5% |
| Q3 2025 | 81.7% |
| Q2 2025 | 81.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 81.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 80.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 80.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 80.9% |
| Q1 2024 | 80.7% |
| Q4 2023 | 80.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 81.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 81.7% |
| Q1 2023 | 82.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 82.3% |
| Q3 2022 | 83.4% |
| Q2 2022 | 84.8% |
| Q1 2022 | 86.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 86.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 88.6% |
| Q2 2021 | 89.6% |
| Q1 2021 | 91.4% |
| Q4 2020 | 89.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 88.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EU.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EU.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```